I put so much time and effort in to decorating I thought I would share a little home tour so someone besides me could enjoy it. 😉 So here is a whirlwind tour of my main floor. Enjoy!
Then, the door opens to a garland on the banister.
(Dollar store garland with leftover ribbon)
Turn to the right to see the tree. It is massive and takes like 10 strings of lights. Kicks my tail every year!
The stockings were hung from the small shelf with care. I learned to put them up high after one of the stocking hangers nearly took out my son last year.
Sorry, this is hard to see. There is my olive wood nativity from Israel, A small nativity that says “Jesus is the Reason for the Season”, A Believe sign, the piano music to “Silent Night”, a basket of cinnamon pine cones holding up a “Joy” tile, a Father Christmas figure and a tiny nativity in the midst of the words Silent Night. Phew. Click on the pic to see it bigger.
Some of the little ones Christmasy art on the pantry door. A tile on top of the cabinets.
I LOVE this quote!! My parents gave it to me for Christmas last year.
Sleigh (hand me down from mom) and tree (from college dorm) arrangement for the counter and more cabinet decor. All the random greenery is stuff that fell off my tree when hubs put it up that I didn’t bother to put back on.
Mr. Snowman stares down at us from above the blinds to the door waiting for a good time to pelt us with his snowball. Candy Cane Candle arrangement for the table. Warning:when storing your Christmas decor in the shed during 100 degree summers, your candles may warp. 😉
This is my very favorite decor item this year!! My mom always had her banister decorated with a pine garland tied with ribbons and I always loved it. Mine is much less formal, but I adore the plaid burlap type ribbon! I told hubs he had to be decorated with a Christmasy blanket if he was going to be in the pic. JK Again, dollar store garland with ribbon I bought one year at the after Christmas sale.
Some wall decor to transition us to the Family room. No, I did not stitch that cute sign. I bought it from Deseret Book on the after Christmas sale. I made the decoupage wood stocking at my Sister’s Mother-in-law’s Super Saturday many moons ago.
Winterizing the bathroom. My hubs actually laughed out loud at the wash cloths in the s’more snowman mug. We have a joke about my mugs. He hates them.
Adding a little flair to the DVD cases. We like to store our souvenirs from our travels here, so it was a natural addition to add a nativity from my Israel trip. The snowman was a gift from a good friend.
Simplify your life, Believe in your dreams, See with your heart, Know what love means. Not necessarily a Christmas quote, but it fits the season for me.
I hope you enjoyed spending some time at my place! To see more Holiday Home Tours, head over to Tip Junkie! Reinvented has some great Trash to Treasure projects with wrapping paper.


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Very pretty decorations!
I left my Yankee Candle ‘Christmas Cookie’ candle in the garage all throughout summer (we live near Phoenix and it’s very hot) and my candle melted into a funky shape. So now I put it on the stove on my warmer stove top circle.
I love your decorations and I really loved how you decorated all of your house even your bathroom. Great job!
Thank you for sharing! I loved looking at your decorations. I just put one of my husband’s Darth Vader decorations in the kitchen (his domain) last night, but I wasn’t really sure where to put it – it might be best on top of the refrigerator. Why didn’t I think of that? 🙂
What a beautiful tree!!
Merry SITSmas! Love that you hung the stockings up higher this year. My third just turned one and first thing he did was rip one of those bad boys right off the mantle. Big heavy pottery barn stocking holder hurling towards the floor missed him by an inch. Think I’d have learned by now…uh no!
Love your blog! I’ll be back for sure!
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Love the decorations! I love a festive home.
It’s beginning to look a lot like SITSmas!!
Love the decorations! Merry SITSmas!
Stopping by from SITS…I love all your decor!!!
Oh so cute!
I love all you festive decorating….all the way down to the bathroom mirror. 🙂
Merry SITSmas!
Have a beautiful day.
Thanks for the tour–how cozy! Marry SITSmas and thanks for popping by my place!
Love your blog! Just saw you on Mormon Mommy Blogs–just joined and not sure how it works. 🙂
The quote tile on the cabinet is my favorite.
Merry SITSmas to you!
What a lovely house and so beautifully decorated. Sorry, I’ve been behind in my blogs, hope to do a better job keeping up!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in this post. Very pretty! Stop by and see my creation this week and let me know what you think!
Wow! Looks awesome!! Happy SITSmas Day!!stop by
Wow! That’s a whole lot of decorating!
Merry SITSmas!!!
Cute! You should link to the MMB holiday home tour too. 😉
How beautiful! I love seeing how others are decorating for the holiday. It’s a holiday home tour you can take in your jammies!
Merry SITSmas!
Have a very Merry SITSmas!
I’m hooked so far & have become a follower. Merry SITSmas!
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All your decorations are lovely Michelle! I love that patchy stocking.
Hope you had a very merry SITSmas!
LOVE the decorations! Such a cozy home!!!
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‘”We have a joke about my mugs- he hates them”! LOL! We have a lot of jokes like that at my house to. He has to suffer with my little whims, but at least I have blog sisters (and a few real sisters) out there who ‘get it’.
I am decorating my bathroom immediately!
Merry SITSmas!!
I love all your Christmas decorations! God’s blessings, Sarah 😀
Your house is beautiful! And the next tree we buy will be pre-lit, baby!
I love your house! You did a great job decorating!
Wow I like your design. Great!
I love that you decorate EVERY room. We live in a pretty small apartment so it’s kinda all one room, but the bathroom? That just never occured to me, and you did it so cute!
Great job – even the top of the fridge got some love! 🙂
I love the Santa hanger on the front door…so so pretty!
You can see our Christmas decor here…http://bethouaknight.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-at-knight-home.html
Looks like you are certainly ready for Christmas. I like how you have lovingly decorated so many places in your home. Merry Christmas!
I really like you olive wood nativities. Super cute idea for the bathroom mirror. Merry Christmas!
It all looks so festive! Thanks for showing us around! I am stopping in from Nester’s place. To see my tour click on the ‘Christmas 2009’ tag on the left sidebar of my blog.